Structure of the master programme Information Sciences

The one-year master programme Information Sciences has been developed in close collaboration with the Faculty of Management. It contains the following components:

Mandatory courses (18 ec)

• NWI-IMK010 Systems Approaches to Information and Organization (3 ec)
• NWI-IMK012 Knowledge Representation for Information Sciences (3 ec)
• NWI-I00152  Research Methods (mastercourse) (3 ec)
• NWI-IMI003  Philosophy and Ethics for Computing and Information Science (3 ec)
• NWI-IMI004  Software Development Entrepreneurship (6 ec) orNWI-IMC021  System Development Management (6 ec)

One of the following two course packages (18 ec)

1. Security & Privacy
   • NWI-I00153  Security in Organisations (6 ec) ^[1]
   • NWI-IMC006 Law in Cyberspace (6 ec)
   • MAN-MST020 Strategic Scenarios and Business Models (6 ec)
     
     
2. Aligning Business and IT
   • NWI-I00041 Information Retrieval (6 ec)
     and 2 out of the following 3 courses:
   • MAN-MOD001 Organisation Design (6 ec) or
   • MAN-MOD002A Organisational Change (6 ec) or
   • MAN-MOD008 Intervention in Organisations (6 ec)
     
     

Master Thesis (18 ec)

In your master's thesis, you show that you are able to analyse a problem in information science at master level and design a solution for this problem using scientific methods and techniques. It is possible to combine research for the master's project with an internship in a suitable company.

Free Electives (6 ec)

Courses can be chosen from the course catalogue of the Radboud University.

• Suggested courses in the field of Computing and Information Science include: or one of more of the courses mentioned as alternatives above when not used as part of the compulsory programme.
  • NWI-I00054  Cognition and Representation (6 ec)
  • NWI-I00035 Foundations of Information Systems (6 ec)
  • SOW-BKI114 Introduction Human-Computer Interaction (6 ec)

• Suggested courses in the field of Management include: or one of the courses mentioned as alternatives above when not used as part of the compulsory programme.
  • NWI-FMT003E Innovation Management (6 ec)
  • NWI-FMT006A Entrepreneurship: Making a Business Plan (3 ec)

Electives should be approved by the Examining Board, and no overlap with other courses is allowed.

Please note:

^[1] The course Security in Organisations has a 6 ec version (course code NWI-I00153) as well as a 5 ec version (course code NWI-IMC053). The latter is intended for students doing the TRU/e Security master programme of Computing Sciences; students doing the Information Sciences master should take the 6 ec course. The courses will be taught jointly but the 6 ec version will have some additional project work for students. If you are taking this course in your master, please make sure to register for the correct course code.